The difference between Polish and Style

When used as nouns, polish means a substance used to polish, whereas style means a manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.

When used as verbs, polish means to shine, whereas style means to create or give a style, fashion or image to.


check bellow for the other definitions of Polish and Style

  1. Polish as a noun:

    A substance used to polish.

    Examples:

    "A good silver polish will remove tarnish easily."

  2. Polish as a noun:

    Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.

    Examples:

    "The floor was waxed to a high polish."

  3. Polish as a noun:

    Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.

    Examples:

    "The lecturer showed a lot of polish at his last talk."

  1. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.

    Examples:

    "He polished up the chrome until it gleamed."

  2. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To refine; remove imperfections from.

    Examples:

    "The band has polished its performance since the last concert."

  3. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To apply shoe polish to shoes.

  4. Polish as a verb (intransitive):

    To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.

    Examples:

    "Steel polishes well."

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  5. Polish as a verb (transitive):

    To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Milton"

  1. Style as a noun:

    A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.

  2. Style as a noun:

    Flair; grace; fashionable skill.

    Examples:

    "As a dancer, he has a lot of style."

  3. Style as a noun (botany):

    The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.

  4. Style as a noun:

    A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.

  5. Style as a noun:

    A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.

    Examples:

    "the style of Majesty"

  6. Style as a noun (nonstandard):

    A stylus.

  7. Style as a noun (obsolete):

    A pen; an author's pen.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  8. Style as a noun:

    A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

  9. Style as a noun:

    A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.

  10. Style as a noun:

    A long, slender, bristle-like process.

    Examples:

    "the anal styles of insects"

  11. Style as a noun:

    The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.

  12. Style as a noun (computing):

    A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.

    Examples:

    "applying styles to text in a wordprocessor"

    "Cascading Style Sheets"

  1. Style as a verb (transitive):

    To create or give a style, fashion or image to.

  2. Style as a verb (transitive):

    To call or give a name or title to.